STATE v. HOOD

No. 61,973

245 Kan. 367 (1989)

780 P.2d 160

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. KENNETH W. HOOD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed September 11, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessica R. Kunen, chief appellate defender, argued the cause and was on the brief for the appellant.

Mona Furst, assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Robert T. Stephan, attorney general, Nola Foulston, district attorney, and Pamela Clancy, legal intern, were with her on the brief for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

MILLER, C.J.:

This is a direct appeal by the defendant, Kenneth W. Hood, from an order of the trial court finding that the State exercised its peremptory challenges to remove the only two black jurors for "reasons that are neutral and are acceptable under the Batson decision." See Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 90 L.Ed.2d 69, 106 S.Ct. 1712 (1986). The order from which...

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